CANBERRA, Australia -- A racing pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometer Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home inKevin Celli-Bird said Thursday he discovered the exhausted bird that arrived in his Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 had disappeared from a race in the U.S. state of Oregon on Oct. 29.
Pigeons are an unusual sight in Celli-Bird’s backyard in suburban Officer, where Australian native doves are far more common. Celli-Bird, who says he has no interest in birds “apart from my last name,” said he could no longer catch the pigeon with his bare hands since it had regained its strength. Australian National Pigeon Association secretary Brad Turner said he had heard of cases of Chinese racing pigeons reaching the Australian west coast aboard cargo ships, a far shorter voyage.
Show mercy for the pigeon
Don’t kill that bird!
Defend_Protect For God Sake show mercy. Show compassion.
Aww don't kill it.
Can’t they just send him back to us?
It's a good thing they don't have the same policy for humans.
Can they ship it back somehow
They can send the pigeon back to Oregon instead.
Typical Australia: Wanting to go to war with birds. Watch the pigeon come out the winner
This is so bloody sick!
No one wants this. Just deport it. Surely it has enough miles by now for a ticket back.
Send it to me. I will take it.
Australia save pidgey!
It’s coming right for us!
“If Joe has come in a way that has not met our strict biosecurity measures, then bad luck Joe, either fly home or face the consequences,” McCormack told reporters. We like consequences in Australia, lesson for US gov perhaps? 🤔🤷♀️😆😆
If you kill it, the sender will have to retransmit the packet!
Those people are stupid !
I never thought a single tweet would make me feel so many emotions. What a roller coaster that was.
After reading this, I had to look twice to make sure it wasn’t a tweet from TheOnion . CoronaPigeon
Did you read all of it? Australian authorities are planning on KILLING this amazing pigeon!
Fuck that let the bird live
NO!!! Use your brains Australia!!!
Typical of a former convict colony but still with the convict mentally dysfunctional Australian brain
AustraliaDONTKillthePigeon
NO -
No
Just call me Jon.
My mouth dropped - seriously.
Australia is adopting Trump’s immigration policy
Leave the damn bird alone. We have bigger issues. Besides Karma will get you if you do
Send the bird back home to his owner. Plain and simple.
Why not just test it and if negative, LEAVE IT BE!?!
Why not ship it back to Oregon?
People could be so mean and insesitive at times
This is awful. Can’t have anything nice.
“It poses a direct biosecurity risk to Australian bird life and our poultry industry,” a department statement said.
Australia is on their high horse huh?
Why is a mans first thought “Let’s kill it”!
That’s crazy!
Just confine and monitor it. Let it serve a quarantine.
Does ChuckGrassley know about this?
Do they plan to kill all migratory birds that move annually from other countries to Australia to overwinter there?
Because someone with COVID might have sneezed on the pigeon, and the pigeon might then sneeze on someone in Australia? Seems unlikely tbh...
Not the poor bird that’s y our problem are many
What!!!!
Oh, please don't do that :(
Why did the pigeon cross the ocean? To be murdered of course.
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Damn, can’t they just quarantine it?
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Don’t kill this bird
Fckng idiots! 😡
He just wants a better life bc shit is getting real here!
I thought Australians were intelligent people, but I guess I was wrong.
Why do they quarantine this bird for a month if they have to?
That's the most inhumane thing to do. How does the innocent creature travel 8000 miles to face the 'hangman's noose'? Animals are not restricted by boundaries.
Why can't they find another way to save an innocent bird Is killing only option ? After all their talk of saving nature and mother earth and crap..they can't find a way a save a small bird
Sick humans
Just focus on the GOP, they are all responsible for the Trump Virus and pose more of a threat to people.
Another feel good story about humanity 🙄💔
The Authorities
deray More anti-American nonsense from Australia.
deray He just wanted out of this country like the rest of us. Damn you ain’t gotta kill him.
正在吃饭的我惊呆了，原来澳大利亚还在抗疫，这肯定是假新闻
Remind me to skip Australia!
Sounds like Pixar got the plot for their next movie!
Well that bird obviously didn’t test before flying and yet decided to put other birds in flight at risk. Then decided not to let Australia know that it was arriving so that he could be tested. This is a great example of entitlement and the crime fits the punishment!
But importing food from China is ok. Wow.
In Aus we have very strict rules around imported species. Many of our indigenous species are threatened so why should we prioritize a single bird over our native wildlife? Oh right, it’s American. But it’s ok to shoot thousands of animals because hunting and guns and freedom
Kill it now... Anything from the US is a health risk
Shame on you Australia 🦘. 😢
deray Why can’t they quarantine it for 14 days? BirdPerHour
They should quarantine the bird for 60 days. Have veterinarian give it an exam. Do a series of fecal and blood tests. If all is clear at the end of the quarantine, give him to a zoo or aviary.
So can he catch it or not?
SEND IT BACK !!! Wtf
😭😭
dang they're really going all in on the genocidal immigration policy
They could make a TV show about their attempts to catch it.
What is wrong with peopl
Hahahaha
Is this an Onion article ?
Bullshit. Give it to FarmSanctuary...
Now that is Stupid.
Why does everyone default to killing? I feel like 'authorities' are rocking Flintstone family outfits
Is it GPS? How do THEY know
Thought this was another headline from The Onion. Nope This confirms it. Mankind is now going in reverse.
Should they
Bring it home.
😂😂😂😂👌
Send it back
Yeah because it would be the deadliest creature in Australia.... fml
WTF.
😢
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